Germany, Luftwaffe. An Enlisted/Nco’s M43 Field Cap United Republic of fire orange cloth cover

fire orange cloth cover

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right pocket is an insignia consisting of a dark green wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Signed Otto Meissner

vertical pinback flanked by vertical rows of two loops on either side

In the Slovenian Littoral

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Enlisted/Nco’s M43 Field Cap United Republic of fire orange cloth cover(Luftwaffe Einheitsfeldmtze M43). A well preserved Luftwaffe Enlisted NCOs M43 field cap, constructed of dark blue grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, scalloped at the front, providing optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two pebbled and grey painted zink buttons emanating from the right flap and meeting dual reinforced buttonholes